Blink and you'll miss it!

In this here million-mile-an-hour world of ours it's rare that we give the things we see and hear a second thought anymore. Words, pictures, sights, sounds, once they've passed through our eyes and ears we tend to just consign them to Room 101 and move on to the next distraction. The downside to all this, our resistance to clutter, is that we forget about some things that might well be worth a second look or listen after all.

Today I thought I'd conduct a simple experiment: try to remember a few things that impressed me or resonated with me, or whatever, this last week or so. After a two minute brainstorm here's what I recall:

• The opening line of the novel, Firebreak, by Richard Stark, which I started last weekend: "When the phone rang, Parker was in the garage, killing a man." Corker!

• Advice to drivers on Radio One's Today with Seán O'Rourke show on Wednesday: "When getting out of the car, open the door with your left hand. Because you have to turn to do this, you'll see any oncoming cyclists."  A Top Tip even Viz would be proud of!

• The death this week of the peerless Sir George Martin RIP put me in mind of that famous exchange between he and the other George which broke the ice between band and producer in the early days: 

                  GM: "I've laid into you for quite a long time. You haven't responded.
                            Is there anything you don't like?"
                  GH: "Well, for a start, I don't like your tie."

• Russell Brand talking to Slaven Bilic recently on WHTV - worth a chuckle.  COYI!
• The fisherman and the penguin. Enough said! 
• The kid with the golf club would put anyone in a good mood.

Now, on reflection, that was a mighty fine exercise, certainly one worth trying at home!

More soon ...

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